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Hey I'm Julia from germany and I decided to inform you a little bit about the Protestantism in Poland. It's a ethnical minority in the country. Protestants are not accepted completely in poland. There are special areas, where most protestants live. They had a stony way to the actual level. So I hope you will enjoy my blog and have fun while reading!

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1. Some facts about Protestantism in Poland

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1. Some facts about Protestantism in Poland

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Did you know, that 87,5% of the country's population are Roman Catholic's? Isn't it shocking? Only 0,4 % of the population are protestants, like Lutherans, pentecostals, baptists and some more. The Protestants are a ethnical minority in poland.
Here you can see a map that shows, how many protestants live in which areas of poland.

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Until 1518 there were the first evangelical sermons in gdansk. Reformation ideas first spread in royal prussia and great-poland. But the King Sigismund I. was a strict catholic and aggravated the diffusion of the edicts. In 1535 the first country gentleman Albrecht spread the reformation. 1548 King Sigismund II. decided to be open for religious freedom, so many aristocrats changed their minds and confessed to the protestantism. Communities of Socinians and Arians developed. Between 1575 and 1795 King Sigismund III. and King Stephan Bathory promoted the against reformation. A law in 1717 restricted the religious freedom. In year 1717 many evangelics get executed. 1730 and 1734 more laws passed. As King Stanislaw II get to the throne in 1764 there were more efforts to get equal rights for protestants and roman catholics. After the first World War (1919-1939), the evangelics get independent in poland. Lutherans from russia and austria built seperate churchs. So in year 1920 the Evangelical Lutheran Church had 4000 members who spoke mostly german. 1923 the 17 Churches formed the Uniathe Evangelical Church in Poland with about 30,000 members in Kattowice. In year 1920 there were about 400,000 protestants in Poland, thats about 1.3% of the polish population. But in the second Word War 30% of Protestants died in concentration camps.

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3. How is the relationship between the roman catholics and the protestants in poland?

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3. How is the relationship between the roman catholics and the protestants in poland?

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Before the second World War the Evangelical-Augsburg Church, which was the biggest Protestant Church in Poland had 400,000 Members and 75% of the Members were german. At the Forced Eviction after the War, the Number sunk under 100,000 Members. Today they are counting 62,000 Members. 85,000 of 38.5 million polish People are Protestants.
Many Catholics in Poland are against Protestants. Here you can see first a Video of a Girl, who is grown up in a city, where Protestants, Judes and Catholcs live together.

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Co myślę o protestantach i dlaczego tak dobrze? ;-)

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Here a video (sorry, it's translated in german, but you can use the subtitles), that shows how a great deal of polish catholics are thinking about protestants. I think it is really sad, how they feel and how they talk about them.

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I hope you enjoyed my blog.

Kind regards
Julia

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